[1Tim] The First Letter of Paul the Apostle to Timothy

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Savior,
and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

1:2 To Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from
God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

1:3 As I sought you to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia,
that you might charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister
questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and
of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

1:6 From which some having swerved have turned aside to vain jangling;

1:7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they
say, nor whereof they affirm.

1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for
the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy
and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for murderers,

1:10 For fornicators, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for
enslavers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing
that is contrary to sound doctrine;

1:11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed
to my trust.

1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, for that he
counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but
I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love
which is in Christ Jesus.

1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

1:16 However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ
might show forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should
hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be
honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1:18 This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies
which went before on you, that you by them might war a good warfare;

1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning
faith have made shipwreck:

1:20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered to Satan,
that they may learn not to blaspheme.

2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

2:2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet
and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of
the truth.

2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus;

2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth
in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting.

2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel,
with modesty and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or
costly array;

2:10 But (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.

2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the
man, but to be in silence.

2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the
transgression.

2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue
in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires
a good work.

3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,
sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient,
not a brawler, not covetous;

3:4 One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection
with all gravity;

3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take
care of the church of God?)

3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation
of the devil.

3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest
he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to
much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of
a deacon, being found blameless.

3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful
in all things.

3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children
and their own houses well.

3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves
a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

3:14 These things write I to you, hoping to come to you shortly:

3:15 But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself
in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar
and ground of the truth.

3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was
manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached
to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

4:1 Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall
depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils;

4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot
iron;

4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God
has created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and
know the truth.

4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it
be received with thanksgiving:

4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

4:6 If you put the brothers in remembrance of these things, you shall be
a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and
of good doctrine, whereunto you have attained.

4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise yourself rather
to godliness.

4:8 For bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable to
all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is
to come.

4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

4:10 For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust
in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, specially of those that
believe.

4:11 These things command and teach.

4:12 Let no man despise your youth; but be you an example of the believers,
in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you by prophecy,
with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

4:15 Meditate on these things; give yourself wholly to them; that your
profiting may appear to all.

4:16 Take heed to yourself, and to the doctrine; continue in them: for
in doing this you shall both save yourself, and them that hear you.

5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men
as brothers;

5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

5:3 Honor widows that are widows indeed.

5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to
show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and
acceptable before God.

5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusts in God, and continues
in supplications and prayers night and day.

5:6 But she that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.

5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his
own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years old,
having been the wife of one man.

5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children,
if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she
have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good
work.

5:11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton
against Christ, they will marry;

5:12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

5:13 And with they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house;
and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which
they ought not.

5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide
the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

5:15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.

5:16 If any man or woman that believes have widows, let them relieve them,
and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows
indeed.

5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially
they who labor in the word and doctrine.

5:18 For the scripture said, You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out
the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward.

5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three
witnesses.

5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

5:21 I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect
angels, that you observe these things without preferring one before another,
doing nothing by partiality.

5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake
and your often infirmities.

5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and
some men they follow after.

5:25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and
they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters
worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because
they are brothers; but rather do them service, because they are faithful
and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even
the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according
to godliness;